Thursday, October 9, 2008

McCain Supporters want him to "take it to" Obama!

At a town hall in Waukesha, WI, John McCain and Sarah Palin were met by supporters urging them to "take it to" Obama.

The crowd was cleary angry at Obama and wanted to push McCain to step up and be more forceful when communicating with and about him.

What, specifically, does the crowd want to hear from McCain? They want him to harp on Obama's associations with people like Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

One African-American man told McCain he doubts anyone in the crowd had taken the “ass whipping” he had for supporting the Republican nominee. He told McCain that the upcoming Oct. 15 debate was vital and pushed him to hit Obama in his “soft spots” such as ACORN and Wright. “I’m begging you, sir. I’m begging you. Take it to him,” the man said to wild applause from the crowd.

McCain promised he would do this but quickly changed the subject back to the economic crisis.

McCain received another question, asking “We’re all wondering why Obama is where he’s at, how he got here. Everybody in this room is stunned we’re in this position. We’re all a product of our association. Is there not a way to get around this media and line up people that he has hung with?”

Another questioner told McCain he was mad about “the socialists taking over our country,” including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "When you have an Obama, Pelosi and the rest of the hooligans up there gonna run this country, we gotta have our head examined,” the man said. “It's time that you two are representing us, and we are mad. So go get 'em!"

Following the rally, Dem Gov. Jim Doyle addressed a crowd of 100 Obama supporters at a counter rally at the senator’s campaign office in Waukesha. “Two candidates in Waukesha County have decided to do anything they can to try and distract the people of Wisconsin from what the real issues are in this campaign,” Doyle said. “Rarely has a campaign revealed itself as clearly as the McCain campaign did, where one of their leading spokespeople a few days ago declared that ‘if this campaign is about the economy, we’re going to lose.’

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